#8A5DC7#8A5DC7

#8A5DC7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.161 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A5DC7
RGB	rgb(138, 93, 199)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 53.3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 40.18, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 63.17, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.0829 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.161 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7020, 17.3554, 56.0703)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A5DC7 #9AC75D

analogous

#5D65C7 #8A5DC7 #BF5DC7

triadic

#8A5DC7 #C78A5D #5DC78A

tetradic

#8A5DC7 #C75D65 #9AC75D #5DC7BF

square

#8A5DC7 #C75D65 #9AC75D #5DC7BF

split-complementary

#8A5DC7 #C7BF5D #65C75D

monochromatic

#4F2C7E #6B3BAC #8A5DC7 #AB8AD7 #CCB8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#8A5DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#8A5DC7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A5DC7

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A5DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A5DC7	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3673CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4473C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a5dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 93, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.161 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af8cd8',
    500: '#8a5dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a5dc7;
$custom-light: #af8cd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a5dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.472,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57456,
    "c": 0.1606,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A5DC7

secondary

#C3D5AA

accent

#D8509E

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6F0FA

border

#D0CBD3

text

#110C14

muted

#807D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A5DC7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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